Activity 3 Results and Discussion

Methodology Table 3. Comparison Between Regular

Versus Diet Soft Drinks
Lastly, in the third
activity, the weights Weight of the empty 15.65
pycnometer (g)
that were determined Weight of 40.35
by using an electrical pycnometer filled
with water (g)
beam balance are as Weight of 41.26
Fig. 1 Pycnometer
follows: an empty pycnometer filled
with regular soft drink
pycnometer, pycnometer filled with water, (g)
pycnometer filled with regular soft drink, Weight of 40.29
pycnometer filled
pycnometer filled with with regular soft drink
diet soft drink. (g)
Relative density of 1.0368
Afterwards, the regular soft drink
Fig. 2 Diet soft relative densities of Density of regular 1.0368
drink (left) and soft drink (g/cc)
regular soft drink the regular soft drink Relative density of 0.9975
(right) used in the and diet soft drink diet soft drink
experiment Density of diet soft 0.9975
were calculated. The drink (g/cc)
densities of the regular soft drink and diet
soft drink were also computed. Based from the results in Table 3, it
is shown that regular soft drink has a higher
density than diet soft drink. This is because
regular soft drinks contain a significant
amount of sugar, which makes it denser. On
the other hand, diet soft drinks have less
sugar, which makes them lighter. In
addition, the principle of buoyancy can be
applied to verify the results. If a can of
regular soft drink and a can of diet soft drink
were placed into a pool of water, the former
will sink while the latter will float despite of
containing the same amount liquid. Since
the computed density of regular soft drink is
1.0368 g/cc, which is higher than the
density of water (1.00 g/cc), it sinks in the
water [1]. Moreover, the high density of the
regular soft drink exceeds the buoyant force
of the water, will definitely sink. In contrast,
the computed density of diet soft drink is
0.9975, which is lower than density of the
water. Furthermore, its low density permits
the water to exert a buoyant force. Hence, it
will float in the water.
Post Laboratory Questions
concentrated. In urinalysis, it might
be inferred that the person is
dehydrated because it exceeds the
normal density of urine.
References:
[1] Smallwood, K. (2014, September
15). Why Do Cans of Diet Coke Float
But Cans of Regular Coke Don't?
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3. The suitability of a person to donate http://www.todayifoundout.com/index.

a blood may be tested by placing a php/2014/09/diet-coke-float-regular-

drop of his blood in a saline solution coke-doesnt/

of density 1.03 g/cc. Is he suitable

donor of the drop of blood sinks?
Explain your answer.

The normal density of blood

is 1.06 g/cc, which is higher than the
density of saline solution. Therefore,
if a drop of blood sinks in the saline
solution, he is a suitable donor
because it means that it is close to
the normal density.

5. Normal relative density of urine is

from 1.015 1.030. What might be
said if during urinalysis, a specific
gravity higher than normal is
obtained?

If the specific density of urine is

higher than the normal density, it
means that the urine is